Category Archives: Bordetella parapertussis

The whooping cough vaccine – doesn’t increase your odds of getting any kind of whooping cough

Posted on October 4, 2012 by kill3rtcell

The Bordetella species of bacteria Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis cause whooping cough in humans. B. pertussis – the bigger cousin – produces more severe symptoms more frequently, and for longer. In fact, while pertussis infection has an estimated 1/125 fatality rate in infants … Continue reading →

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Whooping cough vaccination, pertussis and parapertussis: forty times more likely to be misunderstood?

Posted on October 3, 2012 by kill3rtcell

Two Bordetella species of bacteria regularly cause the disease known as whooping cough in humans, Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis. Of the two, B. pertussis causes much more severe disease, with a rate of about 1 fatality per 125 cases … Continue reading →

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